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		<pubDate>Wed, 05 May 2010 13:13:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lindsay</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[This is another post without too many pictures, because I was assisting my dad with the project.  As I mentioned a couple of weeks ago, when I was unclogging my drain, I somehow loosened the connector that attaches my sink stopper to the mechanism, and it fell into the drain. Drat. I was all ready [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=handyhomeownergirl.com&amp;blog=9026697&amp;post=670&amp;subd=handyhomeownergirl&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 04 May 2010 13:35:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lindsay</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Since I am a first time homeowner, there are a lot of things I assume I DON&#8217;T know &#8211; I&#8217;m pretty good with the basics, like keeping my house clean, fixing obvious problems.  But then there are things that I either forget about (like replacing air filters) or don&#8217;t know to do &#8211; kind of [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=handyhomeownergirl.com&amp;blog=9026697&amp;post=657&amp;subd=handyhomeownergirl&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Unclogging a Toilet</title>
		<link>http://handyhomeownergirl.com/2010/04/16/unclogging-a-toilet/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 16 Apr 2010 15:00:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lindsay</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[We&#8217;ve all been there &#8211; you flush the toilet, and suddenly, water stops draining and starts rising. Uh oh, you say in your head or out loud, hoping, praying that it stops before it reaches the lid.  But it doesn&#8217;t and water starts to pour onto the floor as you scramble to pick up whatever [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=handyhomeownergirl.com&amp;blog=9026697&amp;post=480&amp;subd=handyhomeownergirl&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Unclogging a drain</title>
		<link>http://handyhomeownergirl.com/2010/04/15/unclogging-a-drain/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 15 Apr 2010 14:15:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lindsay</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Since this is fairly gross, I decided not to take any pictures of how I handled this &#8211; not all drains are alike and not all clogs are alike (sometimes you have to snake a drain and sometimes even that doesn&#8217;t work and you need to call in the pros, like my parents just did [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=handyhomeownergirl.com&amp;blog=9026697&amp;post=478&amp;subd=handyhomeownergirl&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Replacing a Broken Toilet Handle</title>
		<link>http://handyhomeownergirl.com/2009/12/18/replacing-a-broken-toilet-handle/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 18 Dec 2009 15:43:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lindsay</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[A few months ago, right around the time I decided to start this blog, I was jiggling the handle of my downstairs toilet to get it to stop running.  I had the top of the tank off, so I was looking at it, and watched as the plastic flush lever snapped.  Crap! I immediately thought.  [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=handyhomeownergirl.com&amp;blog=9026697&amp;post=277&amp;subd=handyhomeownergirl&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Installing a New Showerhead</title>
		<link>http://handyhomeownergirl.com/2009/11/16/installing-a-new-showerhead/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 16 Nov 2009 19:05:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lindsay</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[When I moved into my house just over a year ago, I was very unhappy with the showerhead in my upstairs shower.  My mom thought it was great, because it has a few different settings, but since it&#8217;s plastic, I just thought of it as grody (that&#8217;s my favorite word lately for things that I think [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=handyhomeownergirl.com&amp;blog=9026697&amp;post=127&amp;subd=handyhomeownergirl&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Putting in a Sump and Sump Pump in a Sandy Crawl Space</title>
		<link>http://handyhomeownergirl.com/2009/08/25/putting-in-a-sump-and-sump-pump-in-a-sandy-crawl-space/</link>
		<comments>http://handyhomeownergirl.com/2009/08/25/putting-in-a-sump-and-sump-pump-in-a-sandy-crawl-space/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 25 Aug 2009 20:05:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lindsay</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Finally, after all of the headaches I&#8217;ve had with crawl space flooding and my sump pumps, this past Wednesday was time to permanently install my sump pump.  For me, this was a two-person job, so I was lucky to have help from my parents. The existing sump pump (the failed one of December storm fame) [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=handyhomeownergirl.com&amp;blog=9026697&amp;post=44&amp;subd=handyhomeownergirl&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Lessons I Learned from my Sump Pump</title>
		<link>http://handyhomeownergirl.com/2009/08/25/lessons-i-learned-from-my-sump-pump/</link>
		<comments>http://handyhomeownergirl.com/2009/08/25/lessons-i-learned-from-my-sump-pump/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 25 Aug 2009 18:53:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lindsay</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Picture this &#8211; it&#8217;s a cold December night at the beach, where it&#8217;s pouring rain instead of snowing.  In a perfect-storm-like series of events, first the sump pump protecting my crawl space (and therefore, my heater) fails.  Then, so does my neighbor&#8217;s in the connecting crawl space.  Over five inches of rain falls in the [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=handyhomeownergirl.com&amp;blog=9026697&amp;post=31&amp;subd=handyhomeownergirl&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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			<media:title type="html">Linds</media:title>
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			<media:title type="html">December Flood</media:title>
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			<media:title type="html">Entrance</media:title>
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			<media:title type="html">Water</media:title>
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			<media:title type="html">Very Lucky</media:title>
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			<media:title type="html">Final Sump Pump</media:title>
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